Name/Title
QuiltEntry/Object ID
2001.63.48Description
Quilt, "Pieced Basket" pattern (three rows facing one way and three the opposite, from the side the baskets are upright), 42 8" blocks on point, handsewn, red, green and white cotton fabrics (solid red and green calico--double green--baskets), green calico cotton borders, 2.5" border at sides and 2-2.5" border top and bottom, applied straight binding (white), cotton backing, cotton batting, hand quilted except machine stitching under the binding (a Tennessee characteristic), quilted by the block, double row parallel lines over basket block, quilted in background (plain block) with double clamshell row, quilted in border with double row parallel diagonal lines, well quilted, 6 stitches/inch with cotton thread, rounded corners, has initials "HKC" [Hugh Kennedy Campbell] marked on one back corner, c. 1865.Collection
Spruiell, DorothyMade/Created
Manufacturer
HandsewnDate made
1855 - 1875